2008 Olympic TV Coverage

[ben_e71]

you've obviously not listened to TMS recently then. THis series against the Saffas has had the usuals and then Mark Pugash and Arlo White? neither of whom know much about cricket.

[TJ Mason]

Attendance at the ground looks high at all stages - a welcome contrast from those empty terraces at Athens. Does anyone know what the attendance figures have been?

[Watch_Man]

Originally Posted by TJ Mason

Attendance at the ground looks high at all stages - a welcome contrast from those empty terraces at Athens. Does anyone know what the attendance figures have been?

Tim, do you know the Chinese have squads that go round an fill up seats at the various venues and cheer to try and encourage others to do so? This was mentioned today on the BBC.

[worthipa]

Originally Posted by Watch_Man

Tim, do you know the Chinese have squads that go round an fill up seats at the various venues

The Americans have been doing that for years at major televised events, most notably, the Oscars ....

[Huffy]

Originally Posted by Watch_Man

Tim, do you know the Chinese have squads that go round an fill up seats at the various venues and cheer to try and encourage others to do so? This was mentioned today on the BBC.

Its not the only thing the Chinese adjusted (faked) for appearance

BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | China Olympic ceremony star mimed

Best wishes, Mark

[TJ Mason]

Originally Posted by Watch_Man

Tim, do you know the Chinese have squads that go round an fill up seats at the various venues and cheer to try and encourage others to do so? This was mentioned today on the BBC.

Oh well. Makes things look better on the highlight programmes though.

[TJ Mason]

Originally Posted by worthipa

The Americans have been doing that for years at major televised events, most notably, the Oscars ....

Yeah, I've heard most of the crowd at the Oscars are actually actors.

[cornish george]

Originally Posted by TJ Mason

Yeah, I've heard most of the crowd at the Oscars are actually actors.

DO you know, I believe I read that myself somewhere

[John (OSF)]

Finaly got round to setup a recording of some archery (parlmnt channel as sky+ won't record bbci)) only to fnd that I got a load of boaty stuff instead. Boats are good too, but it was archery I wanted.
Anyone else recording random olympic events?

[WhitehartFB]

I have been totally amazed at the amount of archery coverage
Well done the BBC and Eurosport.
Being able to see not just medal matches but also live 32 & 16 knock out rounds, even that was unheard of 4 years ago.
TBH I dont care if we now shoot on courts not ranges "the arrow was in I saw the chalk dust"
Infact the coverage has bought much credit and appreciation and those long shots help people to understand how hard it is to get the arrows in the middle. I think this will do more than Robin Hood or Lord of the Rings for membership numbers over the next 12 months.

Even the highlights are worth watching I still remeber the 1 minute in total devoted to Simons acheivements all those years ago. In fact the stopping of his dole money got more attention.